Reliability of hearing thresholds: Computer-automated testing with ER-4B Canal Phone™ earphones

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 567-581

  Henry, James A ^a,b   Flick, Christopher L ^a,b   Gilbert, Alison ^a,b   Ellingson, Roger M ^a,b   Fausti, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory threshold; Hearing; Reliability of results

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; HEARING AIDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RELIABILITY; TESTING;

AUTOMATED PROTOCOLS;

EARPHONES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035707556     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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